In the summer
of 2007, as a Stanford University student Sarah Golabek-Goldman traveled
to Poland to teach English in the village of Zakliczyn. While there, she
also visited the towns where her family lived before World War II to search
for Poles who remembered her relatives. In the village of Jasionowka,
Sarah discovered the gravestone of her great-great-grandmother, Leah Tickotsky.

Finding
Leah Tickotsky explores Polish-Jewish relations as well
as one filmmaker's personal journey to discover her family roots. Through
her eyes, Finding Leah
Tickotsky provides a perspective on one of the most painful
periods in history and serves as a reminder of the extraordinary contributions
Jews made to Poland over nine centuries.

“It
is my hope that Finding
Leah Tickotsky will inspire students to explore
profound ethical issues, such as the dangers of apathy, as well as encourage
Polish-Jewish dialogue.” —Sarah Golabek-Goldman, Director

Golabek-Goldman
received a Davis Projects for Peace Fellowship and, with a grant from
the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life & Culture, returned to Poland
with educator Phyllis Pollak of the New Roads School in New Jersey to
restore a Jewish cemetery and research Polish memory of the Holocaust.
She interviewed more than 200 Polish historians, clergy members, government
officials, presidents of NGOs, professors and pupils to understand the
impact of family stories and communist propaganda on memory of the genocide.

“Finding
Leah Tickotsky is a wonderful illustration of how much
(Jews and Poles) have to say to one another and how memories can unite
rather than divide people in a land where hatred once ran so deep.”
- Dr. Michael Berenbaum, historian at American Jewish University

EXTRAS

"Search
for Polish past inspires film, education", Jewish Journal

"Finding
'Leah' and Family Roots", Chicago Jewish News

WGN
Chicago Radio interview with filmmaker

Film
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